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Traffic Management Policy

Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School - Springfield Lakes

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Good Shepherd’s Traffic Management Policy

Contents

GOOD SHEPHERD’S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES POLICY 2

MAP OF GOOD SHEPHERD SITE 3

MISSION AND WAY OF BEING COMMUNITY 4

SCHOOL CONTEXT 4

MORNING PROCEDURES 5

AFTER SCHOOL PROCEDURES 5

SAFETY PROCEDURES 6

PARKING PROCEDURES 6

WALKING AND RIDING TO SCHOOL PROCEDURES 6

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INCLUDING MOBILE PLANT 7

ROLE OF TEACHER ON DUTY 7

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Good Shepherd’s Traffic Management Procedures Policy

Rationale Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School, Springfield Lakes aims to create a safe environment for

students, staff and visitors within the grounds of the School. Parking and traffic procedures are highly

important to ensure smooth traffic flow and the wellbeing of members of the community.

Aims The Traffic Management Policy contains specific information about onsite parking,

visitors/contractors/volunteers, parents/carers parking on premises, student parking, bicycles, and traffic

management devices. The overall aim of this policy is to minimise, as far as possible, the health and

safety risk to all users (staff, students, parents and visitors) of the school site.

Implementation Staff:

To restrict speed on the school site to a maximum of 10kph

Be vigilant of pedestrians and other vehicles

Take extra care at pedestrian crossings

To arrive before 8.15am

To park in designated spaces (parking bays closest to Good Shepherd Administration Block)

Not to park in the bus bay area

To avoid departure at 3.00pm

Parking – Staff Staff parking spaces are limited to the front two bays closest to Good Shepherd Administration Block.

Every effort is made to accommodate the vehicles of staff. The parking bays are marked in white (Staff)

and yellow (Good Shepherd Staff). These parking bays occupation by staff assists with traffic safety.

Parents To restrict speed on the school site to a maximum of 10kph

Be vigilant of pedestrians and other vehicles

Take extra care at pedestrian crossings

To drop off/pick-up using Drive-Through System (Drop, Kiss, Go)

The drive-through system operates between the hours of 8.15 – 8.30am and 3.00 – 3.15pm. A

one way system around the school rear car park has been designed to ensure traffic movement

is predictable and safe. The parent drive-through system is shown in the map overleaf.

Visitors and Contractors All visitors, including delivery vehicles and contractors are to report to the Good Shepherd

Reception in the Administration Office.

All visitors, including delivery vehicles and contractors temporary parking allocations will be

issued from Reception in the Administration Office to those who require parking.

No vehicles will be permitted to enter the school grounds without permission from the Office and

due diligence will apply at all times, in regards to the safety of students, staff, parents and visitors.

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Map of Good Shepherd Site

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Mission and Way of Being Community Good Shepherd Catholic Primary

School Springfield Lakes’ Traffic

Management Policy is for the

purpose of our families and all who

drive onto the school site particularly

during morning put-down and

afternoon pick-up procedures.

Good Shepherd’s Mission Statement

and Good Shepherd’s Way of Being

Community encourages respect and

promotes wellbeing for all.

Good Shepherd Catholic Primary

School takes the health and safety of

all site users very seriously. It is

therefore, imperative that individuals

take care, exercise caution when in

the school grounds or within the

vicinity of the school grounds and

follow instructions to avoid risk of

injury. If there are any concerns

about traffic safety, they should be

reported immediately to the

Leadership Team.

The school urges all site users to read

the policy carefully and act in

accordance with the instructions

contained therein. The instructions

constitute site rules.

The document will be reviewed

annually as the school grows and

develops. Review dates: January

2016, Term 1 2017 and Term 1 2018.

School Context Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School, Springfield Lakes is situated at 58 Opperman Drive, Springfield

Lakes. It has two additional streets running on either side of the school grounds, Springfield Central

Boulevard and Grande Avenue (there is no access from Grande Avenue to the school grounds).

The main entrance to the school is on Opperman Drive, off Springfield Central Boulevard. This Drive

provides access to the school car park which is a drop-off and pick-up area.

Good Shepherd is located in close proximity to three other schools, (Springfield Central State Primary

School, Springfield Central State High School and St Peter’s Lutheran College) as well as the University

of Southern Queensland and the Mater Hospital. In addition, the site also includes Our Lady of the

Southern Cross Church and Good Shepherd Centacare Centre.

Due to the high number of school students in the local Springfield Central area, staggered departure

times exist between the schools as well as awareness of Church and Centacare traffic.

Good Shepherd’s Prep to Year 6 students are dismissed at 2.55pm and walked by the teachers to the

pick-up zone.

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Morning Procedures Before School Drop-Off Supervision commences in the designated classrooms where Good Shepherd Staff read to the children

from 8.15 to 8.35am.

OSHC (Outside School Hours Care) operates on site from 6.00am for students arriving prior to 8.15am.

Telephone 3324 3910 for more information.

Parents are encouraged to use either the drive-through or park and walk to the classroom to drop

students off.

If parents are using the Drive-Through: Remember this a 2-minute NO STANDING ZONE designed for quick

and easy Drop, Kiss and Go. Please be considerate of other vehicles and students by not stopping for

longer than 2 minutes and using extreme caution while entering and exiting.

If parents wish to walk their children into school or chat with other parents in the morning, please park n

the car park. When the first bell rings at 8.35am, students are invited to assemble for greeting, prayer

and assembly.

After School Procedures Supervision starts from the 2.55pm dismissal bell and finishes at 3.15pm in the pick-up area. Social stories

are created by teachers to show children what this looks like.

OSHC (Outside School Hours Care) operates on site from 2.55pm to 6.00pm for students needing

supervision beyond 3.15pm. Contact OSHC on 3324 3910 for details.

Parents are encouraged to use either the Drive-Through or walk in to collect students:

When using the Drive-Through – Remember this is a 2-minute NO STANDING ZONE designed for

quick and easy collections via our program. Please do not queue up prior to 3.00pm. If parents

arrive early, park in the car park. Queuing up in the drive way or in the DROP, KISS, GO ZONE

could potentially cause a hazard by blocking access to the school’s main entrance.

Parents who wish to walk in and collect their children personally from the car park – Please park

and walk over to the Parents Gathering Area outside the Administration Building near the Library

and await for students to be dismissed by the teacher on duty as they come through with the

students.

Parents who wish to enter from Springfield Central Boulevard via the front entrance staircase, need to

wait for the child/children at the bottom of the staircase and not the classrooms.

Good Shepherd recommends parents inform their children as to how and where they will be picking

them up on a daily basis. The school understands that circumstances change which is why students are

supervised until 3.25pm until parents arrive. Students who have not been met by their parents will be

taken to the Administration Building to wait for their parents. If parents are running late, please phone

the Office 3437 5000 and alert staff to the late arrival. Students need to be collected by 3.25pm at the

latest. After this time, students will be referred to OSHC (Outside School Hours Care) if enrolled in the

service. Students not picked up will be referred to the Police.

The Pick-Up Program In our Drive-Through, Good Shepherd operates a highly efficient, effective and safe, after school pick-

up program, developed by the Queensland Government. Staff escort students to their oncoming

vehicles, which are easily identified by a Family’s Named Identification Tag on the vehicle’s visor (each

family are issued with two (2) Identification Tags upon enrolment acceptance or for Prep students, at

the beginning of Term 1).

Parents are asked to remain in their vehicles at all times when picking up via the Drive-Through. If it is

necessary to assist your child with their seat belt, please pull forward into a parking bay to do so. This

eliminates traffic congestion during the loading process.

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Safety Procedures These procedures aim to provide a safe and more efficient pick-up and drop-off system for Good

Shepherd’s community.

Identification Tags have been issued to families with their surname printed on it. We ask that

parents display this in an area that is clearly visible, when they approach the school. This could

be either on the dashboard or the sun visor of the vehicle.

As parents approach the pick-up zone, a teacher on duty will call the name printed on the

Identification Tag. Your child will then move towards the front of the pick-up area. Note: It is

only necessary to display the Identification Tag in the afternoon.

Traffic Procedures for Drop-Off and Pick-Up Zones It is important that parents follow the teacher’s directions in the car park to ensure safety and

wellbeing of all children.

When approaching the school grounds after school, please ensure that your Family

Identification Tag is clearly visible. A teacher is on duty at the school crossing and will wave

cars through or stop cars when necessary to allow for groups of pedestrians to proceed.

All cars in pick-up zones need to remain in a continuous line. Please wait in this line (i.e. do not

overtake) until you reach the drop-off and pick-up zone. It may take a few moments longer,

but it will ensure student’s safety.

All drivers need to be aware of the buses pulling in and out of the bus put-down and pick-up

zone.

When you approach the school, a teacher on duty will call out your surname using a

megaphone. Your child is to stand and walk to the top of the line or close to this point and wait

with the teacher until your car has come to a complete stop.

At no time are parents to park in these zones. There are designated parking areas if you need

to leave your car for any reason.

If you arrive early and your child is not present to be collected, you must drive through the pick-

up zone and complete a circuit.

We advise parents to delay pick-up times to avoid congestion in these areas.

Parents might want to consider parking in the parking bay to avoid the peak hour traffic or park

on Springfield Central Boulevard or park in a nearby street and walk to the student pick-up

area.

It is extremely unsafe to double park. No child will be permitted to enter a car that is double

parked.

Please ensure that all driveways and access points remain clear at all times.

Parking Procedures Traffic Procedures for Parking

There is parking available for parents in the school car park.

Parents are not to leave their car when in a drop-off or pick-up zone.

Parents are not to park in the designated staff car park areas.

There is disabled parking available in the car park.

Walking and Riding to School Procedures Procedures for Students Walking and Riding to School

Students must enter the school using Opperman Drive or Springfield Central Boulevard if walking

to school.

All students who are riding to school must wear a helmet and dismount their

bike/scooter/skateboard when entering the school grounds from Opperman Drive. They should

then walk their bike/scooter/skateboard to the lock up area.

All students who are walking or riding to school, must cross using the traffic lights if required when

coming along Springfield Central Boulevard.

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Pedestrian Safety Including Mobile Plant Pedestrians That all pedestrians comply with occupational safety by:

Respecting the use of the car park pedestrian crossing in place of randomly crossing the road

leading to the Catherine McAuley Boulevard.

Ensuring all students are escorted by an adult when using the pedestrian crossing.

Ensuring that all cyclists must dismount bicycles, all scooter/skateboard riders also dismount on

school footpaths.

Powered Mobile Plants A Powered Mobile Plant is a plant that is provided with some form of self-propulsion that is ordinarily

under the direct control of an operator. Examples of a Powered Mobile Plant include:

All-terrain vehicle Bus, vehicle or utility

Cherry picker or mobile lift/hoist/elevated work platform Forklift

Mobile digging equipment Motorised buggy/golf cart

Ride on mower Ride on vacuum/sweeper

Segway or mobility devices Tractor

That the use of all Powered Mobile Plants within Good Shepherd’s site comply with occupational safety

by:

Ensuring that no Powered Mobile Plant is to be used whenever and wherever there are

pedestrians accessing pathways.

Ensuring that where children and their families (including younger siblings) are present within the

school vicinity and that there is the possibility that they can be anticipated to move around the

area at any time of the day, no mobile plant is to operate.

Good Shepherd community strongly urges that for the purposes of rigorous safety, all internal and

external community members respect the safety requirements by:

1. Ensuring that a Powered Mobile Plant is not used until a safe operating procedure is in place.

2. Ensuring that there is no parking of the Powered Mobile Plant on/or across pedestrian pathways.

3. Ensuring that there is no parking on any grass area around the school grounds for the purpose

of safety.

4. Ensuring that all occupiers (School Community, Parish and Centacare) of Good Shepherd’s

Traffic Management site participates in all updates and review processes of the school’s Traffic

Management Plan with the school’s Leadership Team, WHSO and other relevant personnel to

maintain safety at all times.

Communication Leadership takes seriously the responsibility to communicate the Traffic Management Plan to all Staff,

School, Parish and Centacare Community, Contractors and other stakeholders.

Role of Teacher on Duty All teachers on duty must wear a yellow (hi-vis) vest.

One teacher is on the crossing and calls out the name of the student using a megaphone

informing the teacher assisting the student at the pick-up zone.

A teacher receives the student and walks them to the car and assists where necessary.

A teacher monitors the students who are waiting for the arrival of their parents.

Monitor that all drivers are exercising safety.

Supervision of Duty of Care for all students.

Policy Completed Policy Implemented Policy Reviewed Policy Reviewed By Term 1 2015 Term 1 2015 Term 1 2016 Leadership Team

To review again Term 1 2017 Judith Seery

April 2018 to ensure the

inclusion of BCE’s Safety Alert

request re Mobile Powered

Plant (Vehicle).

Judith Seery – GS

James Bradley – GS

Lesley Parry – GS

Mauro Conte – PP

Janelle Moro - Centacare